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Jeremy Ratliff / www.merrillfotonews.com   Nearly 150 visitors, including Estonian-Americans from around the U.S and Canada, converged on the Gleason area on Saturday evening, July 18, for the much anticipated “Hingemaa” or “Land of Soul” concert by Estonian rock legend Tõnis Mägi, and his wife, singer/actress Kärt Johanson. The concert...

Transferwise founders Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann.   Photo by Tiit Blaat/EPL   The Estonian startup, Pipedrive, won the Best B2B Startup of the Year award and the founders of TransferWise, Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Käärmann, were honoured as the best startup founders at this year’s the Europas Conference and...

Jeb Bush will visit Estonia to speak about security concerns between Europe and America on Friday, before launching his bid to become President of the United States of America next week, writes ERR News. The Republican will will fly to Tallinn to tour NATO cyber defense center as part of...

Based on Mikhail Shishkin’s article translated from Russian by Marian Schwartz   The May 9th issue of The New York Times carries on its Opinion Page the Russian novelist Mikhail Shishkin’s story. Shishkin recounts that as a youngster he was very proud of his father, who had enlisted at age...

`(…) Our institution will be recorded by history, the reason being that it is unique. Refugees usually have not the mental spirit to create a university, but we had the spirit (…)’Information Bulletin Baltic University, 13 December 1947.   In 1947 they thought that historians would investigate the Baltic University...

Conductor Andrejs Jansons.   Photo by Ulla Vinkman   The Estonian Mixed Chorus’ Spring Concert took place on Saturday, May 2, at the New York Estonian House. After performing a program of songs both old and new and being entertained by the New York Estonian Folkdancers with an excellent program, the...

2015 Group Photo   Well over one hundred skiers, snowboarders and snow bunnies trekked to Sugarbush VT for the 53nd annual Esto winter fest. Kids photo left to right: Siri Kai Ojamaa, Veronika Liivak, Lola Belle Ojamaa, Mikko Liivak   Participants traveled from points as far away as Washington D.C...

March 6, 2015 – Estonian artist Jaanika Peerna was awarded with a Certificate of Recognition by the Society of Foreign Consuls. Jaanika Peerna is an Estonian-born artist living and working primarily in New York since 1998.   Her work encompasses drawing, video, installation, and performance, often dealing with the theme of...

The Estonian American National Council is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring the following four young Estonian Americans to the 11th Joint Baltic American National Committee Baltic Conference:   Alex Hubschmidt, Philadelphia, PA Ivan Kavoleff, Jackson, NJ Brennen Kelly, New York City Leili Tõõtsov, Randolph, NJ These individuals were selected...

Tallinn and New York based children’s fashion photographer Katrina Tang has been chosen by Photo District News (PDN) as one of the top 30 new and emerging photographers to watch in 2015.   First published in 1980, Photo District News (PDN) is one of the most respected trade publications for...